Seth Grahame-Smith 
How to Survive a Horror Movie 

One of the most captivating and provocative artists of the Sensation generation, Richard Billingham (b. 1970) came to prominence in the late 1990s with his visceral photobook Ray”s a Laugh, a slice …

British films of the 1960s are undervalued. Their search for realism has often been dismissed as drabness and their more frivolous efforts can now appear just empty-headed. Robert Murphy”s Sixties …

Ealing Revisited provides a major reappraisal of one of British cinema”s best-loved institutions, Ealing Studios. During its heyday, Ealing produced a string of classic comedies, including Kind …

Learn to style for advertisements, magazines and portfolios and take your first steps into one of fashion communication”s most dynamic and rewarding careers. With hands-on practical advice on …

The American father is constantly depicted by contemporary Hollywood as being under pressure and forever struggling, but why? By utilising an analytical psychological approach, this fascinating book …

Navigating through the challenging process of writing a comedy pilot, this book will help screenwriters to create an original script for television. Practical and accessible, the book presents a step …

Mistakes are easy to make, but often difficult to undo. The greater the knowledge and experience a filmmaker has, the fewer mistakes are made by them. This introductory-level guide to filmmaking teac …

Frank Capra has long had a reputation as being the quintessential American director – the man who perfectly captured the identity and core values of the United States with a string of classic films …

The expert contributors together trace how the arts of editingand effects have evolved in tandem, starting with the ”trick films”of the early silent era, which astounded audiences by splicingin or …

In each of the films discussed in this study – ”Le Mepris”, ”All About My Mother”, ”The Thin Red Line” – something extraordinary is proposed. Or if not proposed, then shown, visually, by …